Notable Recent Sightings

29/05 Pink-footed Goose 1, over Welshpool, photo'd on 09/06
01/05 Red-throated Diver 1, Llyn Clywedog
07/02 Whooper Swan 44, Lake Vyrnwy
31/01 Whooper Swan 51, Haimwood, Llandrinio
17/11 Firecrest 2, Castle Caereinion
07/11 Barnacle Goose 1 among Canada Geese, Llyn Coed-y-Dinas
07/11 Hawfinch a few, Lake Vyrnwy, also Bramblings
01/11 Short-eared Owl 1, Cefn Coch Wind-farm
01/11 Great Grey Shrike Gregynog
28/10 Great Grey Shrike Lake Vyrnwy, also 1 on 30th at Eunant
25/09 Gannet 1 juv grounded near Caersws
07/09 Nightjar 1, photographed near Pontrobert
17/07 Quail RSPB Lake Vyrnwy, also heard 20/06 and 08/07
24/04 Long-eared Owl 2, RSPB Lake Vyrnwy
16/04 Purple Heron 1, Cors Dyfi
05/03 Firecrest 1, Lake Vyrnwy
05/03 Short-eared Owl 1, Lake Vyrnwy
14/01 Pink-footed Goose 1, Dolydd Hafren
03/01 Waxwing 20, Meifod; also 5 Welshpool by canal on 01/01. Last: 6 Bwlch-y-Garreg 17/03
   
See Sightings Archive for older records

Saturday, June 05, 2010

Saturday morning birds

It's early morning here at home. A dipper is foraging in the river below my house probably feeding young. My male pied flycatcher is regularly feeding his other half whilst she incubates. Mother kite is feeding her single chick his breakfast. Lurking somewhere in my cypress trees is a tawny owl the blackbirds keep me informed of its whereabouts! Below my owl box on the lower part of the tree I have a 'woodcrete' nestbox containing a brood of 5 or 6 blue tit chicks which are being fed by the parent birds. The sweet song of a blackcap livens up the morning chorus of bird song. All is well with the World. This time next week the birdlife around me will be entirely alien creating a new challenge to my birding skills. Life is full of adventure.

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